{"title":"Edgar Kunz","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fixer-poems","title":"Fixer: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA New York Times Editors' Choice book from the author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eTap Out\u003c\/em\u003e - \"a gritty, insightful debut\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e) - Edgar Kunz's second poetry collection propels the reader across the shifting terrain of late-capitalist America. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Temp jobs, conspiracy theories, squatters, talk therapy, urban gardening, the robot revolution: this collection fixes its eye on the strangeness of labor, through poems that are searching, keen, and wry. The virtuosic central sequence explores the untimely death of the poet's estranged father, a handyman and addict, and the brothers left to sort through the detritus of a life long lost to them. Through lyrical, darkly humorous vignettes, Kunz asks what it costs to build a home and a love that not only lasts but sustains.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edgar Kunz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793299537962,"sku":"9780063288591","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/fixer-poems-1239247.jpg?v=1762151371"},{"product_id":"tap-out-poems","title":"Tap Out: Poems","description":"\"Charts the gritty, physical terrain of blue-collar masculinity.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e―\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNew \u0026amp; Noteworthy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Kunz arrives with real poetic talent.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe Millions, \u003c\/em\u003e\"Must Read Poetry\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] gritty, insightful debut.\" --\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2019 Julia Ward Howe Award for Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Approach these poems as short stories, plainspoken lyric essays, controlled arcs of a bildungsroman, then again as narrative verse. \u003cem\u003eTap Out\u003c\/em\u003e, Edgar Kunz's debut collection, reckons with his working-poor heritage. Within are poignant, troubling portraits of blue-collar lives, mental health in contemporary America, and what is conveyed and passed on through touch and words―violent, or simply absent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet Kunz's verses are unsentimental, visceral, sprawling between oxys and Bitcoin, crossing the country restlessly. They grapple with the shame and guilt of choosing to leave the culture Kunz was born and raised in, the identity crises caused by class mobility. They pull the reader close, alternating fierce whispers and proud shouts about what working hands are capable of and the different ways a mind and body can leave a life they can no longer endure. This hungry new voice asks: after you make the choice to leave, what is left behind, what can you make of it, and at what cost?","brand":"Edgar Kunz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793300062250,"sku":"9781328518125","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/tap-out-poems-3960957.jpg?v=1762151371"}],"url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/collections\/edgar-kunz.oembed","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}